Tenders for work

Lots of the bidding I do is for Town, churches,schools etc. They are done by tendering in the newspapers. This year I have noticed that very few people are bidding these jobs. Where you live what happens when only one person bids on the job? Here sometimes they will ask for another tender or will award it to the only bidder. I have one big Town job already because we were the only ones to bid it. Yes, I wish I had of bid it higher. The other part of the bid is 12 different locations and there are multiple bidders so it's still up in the air. The Town wants one company to do them all and we were the company that they wanted to do them but they have to tender the jobs.